Angel 2x16 "Epiphany" Full Reaction
Added 2020-09-19 01:52:45 +0000 UTC
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'If nothing we do matter, then all that matters is what we do". I think that is the one statement that defines This series.
Ian Swallow
2020-09-28 03:38:13 +0000 UTCWeird question that occurs to me in this one. Let's say the Sharp family was still alive and Angel drove Lindsay's truck through the wall. Since he's not invited, would the truck make it through the wall and leave him behind? Would the truck not be able to make it through at all? Or would that approach defeat the "must have an invitation to enter" condition? Interesting that, before Lindsay goes into battle, he retreats entirely into the Kentucky redneck persona--his old truck, beat-up sheepskin coat, undershirt, work boots, retreating entirely to hillbilly justice. The scene with Kate is another favorite, and a great counterpoint to the elevator scene. Because while evil is the default state of the universe at rest, there's also something--whether God, the Powers, or human conscience--that doesn't allow us to stay at rest.
FernWithy
2020-09-20 04:20:21 +0000 UTCHowever it was more because of Angel being in a dark place right now. He wasn't happy when he slept with Darla at all because had happened in his life for past months. I think it wouldn't have mattered who he slept with at this moment, he wouldn't have been happy. It's like when a person goes to the bar and hook up with a random stranger to get their mind off things, that won't make them truly happy. Angel pushed his friends away and he still was recovering from losing human Darla after wanting to save her so them having sex here was just that, straight up sex with no TRUE HAPPINESS intentions there. Angel was at his LOWEST POINT when he had sex with Darla at the end of the "Reprise" episode, so of course having sex wouldn't acheive greatest happiness but it did give him an epiphany of how far he had fallen. So, this one really didn't have much to do with Buffy... and more to do with the place Angel was in his life. Watch Angel words as he's kissing Darla, he just wanted to feel something besides the cold. Angel was not in his lowest point at the end of an episode like, "The Trial" ... he was sad that he failed at saving Darla however he wasn't at his lowest point and vowed to stick with Darla until the end of her time left. So what if Angel and Darla sleep together at the end of that episode? That's more of a true test and knowledge over their scene at the end of "Reprise" where Angel cut off his ties with everyone and was at the lowest point of his life. Sleeping with Darla woke him up to how far he had fallen.
Tia
2020-09-20 03:55:27 +0000 UTCSuch a great episode with one of the greatest lines in the entire Buffyverse. "If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do." Get's me every time.
Chess Red Eagle
2020-09-19 21:33:39 +0000 UTCSuch a great episode! I also love the message/epiphany that Angel had! My take on the perfect happiness (or despair) argument harkens back to an earlier episode this season (Dear Boy) where Darla wanted to give Angel a moment of perfect happiness. When rebuffed, Darla references that Buffy made Angel perfectly happy, but she could not. Angel mentions he was never truly happy or in love with Darla because he didn’t have a soul. In all the flashbacks we have seen in Darla and Angel (as well as Spike and Drusilla), I would argue that vampires can’t love the same way we humans do and it all comes down to having a soul. A moment of “perfect happiness” can only be achieved by truly loving the other person and Angel never had that with Darla, soul or no soul.
Free Your Geek
2020-09-19 19:12:53 +0000 UTCLove this episode and your reaction from 'oh no Angelus is back!' to 'Yay the team is back together!'
Sharon Owen
2020-09-19 12:36:07 +0000 UTCWhoop I’m first ☺️😂
CeNedra
2020-09-19 01:56:19 +0000 UTC
